Various ramblings from someone that is usually making something. It might be sewing, knitting, crocheting, card making, quilting, beading, or whatever catches my interest.

September 20, 2007

SOS #42, the final sock

Well, here's the last sock for Summer of Socks. I didn't think that I would finish it this evening, but I did. Phew. I can truly say that I'm tired of socks. Despite that, this last pair is one of my favorites. I love the yarn, love the stitch pattern, and the fit came out perfect.

I used my stitch pattern that I came up with for the Ruby Redmond Fly* Dyed socks. I changed the stitch pattern from a 7 stitch repeat to an 8 stitch repeat. Then I had to figure out how to get an 8 stitch repeat into a 72 stitch sock. It worked out when I knit with 32 stitches on one side of the loop (magic loop) and 40 stitches on the other side. On all of my other socks, there were an equal amount of stitches on either side. I've found that it doesn't really affect the sock much to have an uneven amount of stitches on either needle.

play around with leftover yarn and knit a few things from Knit a Fantasy Story. By the way, this book looks like a lot of fun. I can't wait to try to knit some knights or princesses from it for E and D. D would love the dragon too.